A wealth of gorgeousstills from Brave are now available courtesy of Disney/Pixar.

In order to build hype around Wednesday’s trailer launch, the Associated Press and Empire Online were granted exclusive content from the upcoming epic. In the AP article (via ABC News), director Mark Andrews was quoted on everything from key moments in the Brave preview to the film’s main themes— mother-daughter dynamics, bravery and the ‘anti-princess’ effect. Although Empire’s piece was light on new information, the UK movie-mag premiered a half dozen never-before-seen images:

Martin (martini833) was the Lead Writer and Editor-in-Chief of Upcoming Pixar between 2008 and 2012. Martin provided quality coverage of many Pixar film releases including Wall-E, Up, Cars 2, and Toy Story 3.